Lob Address Verification vs PostGrid Address Verification

Lob Address Verification checks address data to help determine whether addresses can be delivered. Its APIs validate one address or a batch, and Lob says it can also check and standardize addresses while customers enter them on a website. Results can add delivery and geographic details, including ZIP+4, carrier route, address type, latitude and longitude, plus a confidence score based on its mail delivery data. The product page lists delivery data for more than 240 global territories and USPS CASS certification. Integrations include AV Elements, Shopify Address Cleanser, Airtable Address Cleanser and Zapier; the interactive demo provides examples in cURL, TypeScript, Node, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, Elixir and C#. Lob says it encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, and provides automatic redaction and data retention policies. Developer has no subscription fee; listed paid pricing starts at $20/mo (annual). A 30-day Enterprise trial is available for high-volume senders; print and postage are billed separately at discounted Enterprise rates.

PostGrid Address Verification checks, autocompletes, standardizes, and enriches addresses for delivery across the U.S., Canada, and 245+ countries and territories. It accepts structured fields, single-line freeform text, or incomplete entries and verifies against postal data in real time. Its international service supports CSV batches of up to one million addresses and can add geographic coordinates with rooftop-level accuracy. It supports non-Latin scripts including Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean, with conversion to standardized Roman scripts. Named integrations include Salesforce, Stripe, Dynamics 365, Shopify, and Zapier. Options include APIs and SDKs, a no-code dashboard, and self-hosting. Each verification, autocomplete, or standardization request counts as a lookup; monthly plans impose allowances and additional lookup charges beyond them. Standard Essential costs $18 a month billed yearly and includes 2,000 U.S. and Canada lookups monthly, with additional lookups at $0.02 each. Test API keys and 500 free lookup credits are available; a separate bulk verification service page describes 100 free lookups. The product page lists security and compliance provisions including HIPAA, PIPEDA, GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, and PCI-DSS.